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The Loomis-Michael Observatory, on top of the Science Center, provides an opportunity to budding astronomers to learn how o use the telcope at a place where the walls are covered with depictions of astronomical gods.

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Science

Researchers Identify Earth-Like Planets in Solar System

As the population on Earth continues to grow, Harvard scientists may have just stumbled upon some additional space—in the solar system. Earth-like planets, defined by the researchers as planets comparable in size and temperature to Earth, may be as close as 13 light years away.

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A Long Way from Home

Physicists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics unveiled the existence of earth-like object close to our planet. The nearest one may be approximately 77 trillion miles away.

Visual Arts

John A. Wood: From Scientist to Painter

Wood’s work shows that art can an appreciation for art can come to people with a non-traditional artistic background at all points in life.

Research

New Program Puts the Universe into View

Allston-Brighton residents gathered to watch Professor Alyssa A. Goodman exhibit the computer program, which allows users to interactively explore and learn about millions of objects in the universe through visualization.

Science

Physics Professor Explains Dark Energy

In a talk Tuesday evening, Christopher W. Stubbs, a professor of physics and astronomy, provided insight into the nebulous concept dubbed “dark energy.”

MIT

MIT Professor: Exoplanet Research Is a Burgeoning Field

In a lecture hosted Wednesday by the Origins of Life Initiative, an interdisciplinary center focused on the development of life on Earth and the possibility of life on other planets, MIT professor Sara Seager listed conditions necessary for an extraterrestrial habitable planet and noted the speed at which other such planets are being discovered.

Astronomy

Probe To Visit Solar Corona

While satellites orbit the Earth and spacecraft have traveled to other cosmic bodies, the Sun has thus far escaped human exploration.

Books

Flu Epidemic, FDR, Sputnik, and More

Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.

Astronomy

Astronomy Teacher Holds Reunion, Students of Past 45 Years Attend

Not many courses are special enough to be remembered after the exam is over. But for students of Dr. Frances

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